AP: E-Mail Ballots for Military Questioned

[Eugene]

E-Mail Ballots for Military Questioned

The Associated Press
Thursday, November 2, 2006; 5:51 PM

WASHINGTON -- A New Jersey congressman raised questions Thursday about
a new military voting program that lets service members request and submit
their ballots by fax or e-mail.

The Defense Department, however, said the program is as secure as possible,
and any risks are detailed for the military members when they access the
e-mail system.

In a letter to Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, Democratic Rep. Rush
Holt said the electronic registration and voting service is well-intentioned,
but could expose troops to identity theft, or allow hackers or others to
tamper with the ballots when they are in transit.

"After the Defense Department was stopped from implementing a program
like this two years ago because it was full of security holes, I'm angry
and astonished that they're doing it again without review, scrutiny, and
oversight," said Holt.

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Full article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/02/AR2006110201239.html

[0rganism]

1. damn right it's questioned

just one more means of GOP election fraud, IMHO. Guess they figure if the fraud is distributed across the entire system, they can plausibly tip the election.

[HuffleClaw]

2. sounds like deliberate fraud to me

but i doubt a proper audit will ever be done.

[NoodleyAppendage]

3. Oh, to hell with it. Why don't they just roll the tanks in every court square?

I'm sick of the "wink-wink" surreptitous coup taking place. If they would just come out a do what they want, which is a full-fledged coup de etat at least at that point we could plan for the necessary pro-democracy resistance.

J

[davidinalameda]

4. I really like Rush Holt

his mother was Secretary of State in West Virginia so he knows a thing or two about elections and voting